Al Nasr confirmed the signing of Brazilian midfielder Renan Garcia for €1.2 million (Dh5.9 million) from Italian Serie A side Sampdoria on Tuesday, according to gulfnews.com.The 28-year-old, formerly of Brazil’s Atletico Mineiro, Portugal’s Vitoria Guimaraes and Romania’s CFR Cluj, replaces outgoing Brazilian midfielder Leonardo Lima.
Garcia is the second summer signing for Al Nasr under Serbian coach Ivan Jovanovic after Macedonian striker Ivan Trickovski from Belgium’s Club Brugge.
Australian midfielder Brett Holman and Senegalese striker Ebrahima Toure are believed to have been retained.
Elsewhere, Fujairah have confirmed the signing of Algeria national team captain Majid Bougherra, 31, on a two-year deal.
